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So, for the primary time in… ever… I watched The Game Awards. Since it was allowed to take action, I ended up co-streaming it on my Twitch channel and I watched it along with a few of my viewers who have been up on the time… I additionally ready a Bingo Card (see under) the place I “won” twice, I assume. I simply didn’t win a Steam Deck – which I anticipated however on the identical time, it nonetheless would have been kinda cool to win a Steam Deck. Anyway, listed here are my highlights!
Bingo!
Okay, I do know that Bingo doesn’t essentially work this manner… You can’t simply create your personal card or something like that however I did. I went with some primary ones after which simply shuffled it will definitely with what I believed can be extra unlikely or probably, and many others. In my opinion, Bugsnax would have deserved Best Indie… identical for Citizen Sleeper… however hey, no matter. Those two are nonetheless my GOTYs – and TGA doesn’t award the “best game” or something like that… they only award particular contributions to the business mainly… and that’s cool.
Anyway, I don’t have any beef with Horizon Forbidden West… in truth, I haven’t seen the sport but or performed it (provided that I don’t personal a console, principally) and I plan on enjoying it will definitely as I like the universe. It’s simply that FW got here out in the identical yr as God of War: Ragnarök, Stray and Elden Ring in addition to Sonic Frontiers… and I doubt that it stood an opportunity in opposition to these, identical to how different video games may have a tough time in opposition to the upcoming Supergiant Games title, Diablo IV, the brand new Kojima recreation and the brand new From Software recreation!
So, it’s not like I hate Horizon. In truth, I like Horizon… however because the 4 horizontal areas within the first row have been very probably…
Horizon FW was my darkish horse.
And it stored me fairly on edge because it stored getting nominated for stuff however it simply by no means gained. I used to be truthfully having a blast rooting for Horizon Forbidden West… not successful… It’s bizarre, innit? But this one was good.
I additionally was glad that “Fans booing something” (on this case, Diablo Immortal which was nominated for “Best Mobile Game”) occurred to be the one occasion of any followers audibly booing one thing. I used to be upset about Sifu not successful “best fighting game”… and I used to be stunned that there was no FF7-Rebirth Trailer or one other RE4-remake trailer… or a Metroid Prime Remaster Trailer… Like,… I hoped for these, genuinely.
Games coming to PC! Finally!
So, being an enormous Roguelike fan, I cherished the existence of Returnal… Technically, Housemarque is technically an Indie Studio however it was printed by Sony and therefore I’m undecided if it’s nonetheless Indie or not… Either method, I’m excited for it to lastly launch onto PC. It simply regarded stellar beforehand after I watched another person play it on Twitch and the bits and items of the story I obtained to see regarded intriguing… so I’m enthusiastic about this. The recreation is about to launch in early 2023!
And then there’s The Last of Us Part 1 which initially got here out on June 14th, 2013! Now, ten years later, it was introduced for March third, 2023. Frankly, I solely know concerning the starting few hours of the sport however I’ve by no means seen any extra gameplay of it. The situation primarily being that I don’t watch too many playthroughs anymore and even again then after I did, I’d hardly ever end them. So, not proudly owning a console and by no means watching the sport, naturally made me fairly enthusiastic about this announcement.
New Games!
So, straight away, there have been many alternative titles right here that regarded extremely cool and enjoyable and whatnot… however on the identical time, I figured I’d restrict it to the titles I’m most enthusiastic about for the sake of not dragging this put up out an excessive amount of…
Have you seen Judas? Like, Judas‘ trailer simply blew me away.
Developed by Ghost Story Games (which consists of some former Bioshock devs), I can’t assist however see similarities to Bioshock right here… however with a unique premise. I cherished the Bioshock video games and I’m not too enthusiastic about Bioshock 4… I imply… I’m… but additionally… I’m anxious… and after I take a look at Judas, it simply appears like Bioshock. The artwork fashion, the best way the characters are launched and the powers you wield… I’m stoked. Honestly, actually trying ahead to this, particularly given its Sci-Fi setting versus Bioshock’s Nineteen Sixties setting.
I used to be fairly darn certain that Supergiants Games mentioned someplace that they don’t have any plans for one more rogue-lite entry… however I assume it was a feint. Here we’re. Hades II!
Hades II is the first-ever sequel from Supergiant Games (and that utterance kinda makes me suppose “will there be a Transistor 2 as well at some point?”, hopefully) and it “builds on the best aspects of the original god-like rogue-like dungeon crawler” – however it seems to be far more than simply that. According to the steam web page, it’s rooted within the Underworld of Greek fantasy and the daybreak of witchcraft… and I like that.
ALSO (!!!), we’re enjoying as Melinoë, the Immortal Princess of the Underworld, and we’re making an attempt to defeat Chronos, the Titan of Time, whereas wielding darkish sorcery! Now, I’m fairly enthusiastic about this character as Melinoë is a chthonic nymph, IIRC, and I like loads of the chthonic myths… loads… idk… I feel Melinoë was the daughter of Persephone and Zeus – and Zeus mainly tricked Persephone into sleeping with him by disguising himself as Hades…
But I doubt that that may see use of that fantasy on this recreation provided that the Zagreus I’ve realized about is one other bastard little one of Zeus… and Zagreus regarded kind of like a minotaur… to not point out that Hera struck him down with lightning – and his ashes have been used to make the clay that Prometheus used to kind the primary people… and in Hades, the primary recreation, that’s simply not the case which is okay. Creative freedom and stuff. I simply hope that Melinoë has some ties to precise mythology, though I’m additionally intrigued about why she needs to kill Chronos, in addition to the plain cause of “Titans = Bad”.
I’m not an enormous fan of the Bayonetta franchise (but). I imply, I haven’t performed any of the Bayonetta video games (but!) however I do plan to play them finally! And nicely,… Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon appears to be like extremely fairly and lovable and I actually wanna play it. Also, I get goosebumps from the trailer. I don’t even know why.
And heck, it’s one other March launch (March seventeenth!), which means this could possibly be my birthday current… if I had a Switch… which I don’t… so I hope it involves PC finally as time goes on.
So, that is one other a type of Extremely OK Games… titles… Sorry, not sorry.
Earthblade simply regarded stellar and I like to see the Celeste builders work on a brand new title (which I wasn’t conscious of) and primarily current us with an enigmatic and extremely lovable metroidvania title the place you play as Nèvoa, a baby of Fate returning in the end to Earth. I imply, it’s the Celeste devs… and it regarded enjoyable… and it’s stunning… I’m trying ahead to the soundtrack and may’t await 2024 to reach…
Now, Diablo IV regarded cool however I don’t actually wanna be enthusiastic about it. So, I’ll depart that out.
Instead,… Airship Syndicate (Battle Chasers, Ruined King) revealed their new recreation Wayfinder! So, I like Airship Syndicate and their concepts for fight and storytelling… and seeing them attempt one thing completely different is attention-grabbing and thrilling! Apparently, Wayfinder shall be a F2P Looter-MMO… I signed up for the closed beta straight away. Super enthusiastic about this one and I’ll need to test if I’ll be capable to write about it if I do get in.
The Lords of the Fallen regarded extremely cool… and that’s what hooked me. It’s simply that. I do know that it’s a reboot of a Souls-like collection that was launched eight or so years in the past… however I truthfully didn’t actually suppose it might get a reboot of any type… and nicely, right here it’s. It’s darkish. It’s gritty. You appear like a foul man and I actually simply wanna play a recreation the place you appear like a medieval villain. Also I like the thought of getting this lantern that wields the facility to cross worlds… that’s fairly cool… however uh, yeah, I’m a easy man. When I see cool helmets, I click on on the wishlist button. It doesn’t take greater than that.
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon is one other recreation from a collection that I didn’t suppose would get any extra titles, particularly after the success of Bloodborne, Elden Ring and Sekiro… I imply… the final Armored Core recreation got here out in 2013 or so? Anyway, I like mechs. And I at all times needed to play one of many Armored Core video games however they solely launched for consoles that I didn’t personal… so… hell yeah.
Conclusion
Overall, I had loads of enjoyable with The Game Awards this time round. I suffered a number of technical difficulties right here and there the place the stream on Steam would fail to load for no cause specifically – and some mates of mine suffered the identical points.
At the identical time, there was additionally the Steam Deck giveaway which I personally would have favored to win however with how many individuals have been signing up for that… yeah, no shot. What was a bit of upsetting with that, although, was the quantity of bots that simply confirmed up… random strings of numbers have been introduced as winners and it simply feels upsetting once you see grifters like that.
And then, after all, there have been two highlights within the stream that I didn’t discuss but… Flute Guy!
…and the person who invaded the FromSoft devs… Flute Guy deserves the world. I like him. The different one… I used to be confused at first, then realised what had simply occurred… after which I discovered it kind of humorous earlier than later realising how dangerous that should really feel for the those that labored onerous to earn this award solely to then get speech-bombed by some random particular person.
Apparently, that random particular person tried to hijack whoever wins GOTY – anticipating GOW:R to win… and so they needed to hijack the stage for Bill Clinton – who based on him stands for lots of Jewish values… however I don’t fairly get activism like this and I’m undecided if it’s an excellent factor or not, to not point out that Clinton is… Clinton. Let’s depart it at that. And Matan Evenoff is outwardly a determine that has carried out this earlier than however in help of the HK protests… however once more, I’m undecided what he needs.
If it’s important to ask what it symbolizes, it didn’t – Roger Ebert
Overall, good occasion although. Had enjoyable. It’s my first time really watching these in full and never simply the best-of or no matter… so… completely completely different expertise.
This put up was first printed on Indiecator by Dan Indiecator aka MagiWasTaken. If you want what you see right here and need to see extra, you may test me out on Twitch and YouTube as nicely.
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